Civil War Diarist, author of “Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven,” the diary of Lucy Rebecca Buck during the War between the States, Front Royal, Virginia – December 25, 1861 – April 15, 1865, and “Shadows of My Heart,” the Civil War diary of Lucy Rebecca Buck of Virginia. Lucy was only 18 when the Civil War started. She kept a diary until the end of the war chronicling the events of the Civil War that took place in Front Royal, her home town. (bio by: Janet Greentree)  Family links:  Parents:  William Mason Buck (1809 – 1895)  Elizabeth Ann Ashby Buck (1820 – 1904)  Siblings:  Alvin Duval Buck (1838 – 1922)*  Irving Ashby Buck (1840 – 1912)*  Ellen Catherine Buck (1844 – 1902)*  Lucy Rebecca Buck (1845 – 1918)  Marcus Newton Buck (1846 – 1846)*  Laura Virginia Buck (1847 – 1927)*  Orville Mauzy Buck (1849 – 1877)*  Robert Carey Buck (1851 – 1916)*  Annie Neville Buck (1853 – 1907)*  William Richardson Buck (1856 – 1947)*  Cora Blakemore Buck (1858 – 1859)*  Thomas Evred Buck (1860 – 1911)*  Frank Latrobe Buck (1861 – 1909)* *Calculated relationship